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Vagus nerve can improve your social life

How do we understand what other people feel? Somehow, we can ‘read’ the emotions on faces of other people, some easy, some hard. Not all people can understand this nonverbal language. Can we help them improve this ability with a novel brain stimulation?

Alexandra Loseva • 26-09-2017

Pharma · Human Potential · Social · Stress and Emotion

Vitamin B supplementation against dementia and cognitive decline

Vitamin B12, B6 and folic acid are said to be preventive for dementia. But would you secretly feed your grandpa with vitamin supplements to save him from dementia – if he doesn’t want to take it?

Sidney Wach • 04-04-2017

Pharma · Human Potential · Junior · Social · Stress and Emotion · Language

Recruiting and testing participants: not a lousy job

Consider this blog a letter to anyone (students, supervisors) who is captured by the idea that data collection is a disrespectful job that can be done by anyone. Let me remind you why recruitment and testing of participants is anything but ignoble.

Laura Steenbergen • 17-01-2017

Social · Stress and Emotion

Attention and Conformity - like a boss

Everybody wants power. Those who are in power want to keep it and those who don’t, want to gain it. How about leaders who acquired their position illegitimately? Which strategies do illegitimate leaders use to protect their position?

Zala Reppmann • 03-01-2017

Pharma · Human Potential · Social · Stress and Emotion

Brains? Consider the gut!

Hippocrates once said “All disease begins in the gut”. Recent studies suggest even disorders seen as psychological or neurological may actually be related to your gut. Here’s why we should pay more attention to the link between the gut and the brain.

Laura Steenbergen • 15-11-2016